Pac-Man using Namco Roulette inUltimate.

Namco Roulette (ナムコうらない,Namco Horoscope) isPac-Man's uptaunt.

Overview[edit]

Examples of various sprites Pac-Man can summon with Namco Roulette.

Pac-Man summons a sprite and associated sound clip from one ofNamco's other games. It is one of very few taunts with a random element, and the selection includes a wide range of characters and objects from across Namco's history.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS andSuper Smash Bros. for Wii U both have exclusive sprites in each version;for 3DS includes the King fromKing & Balloon and a vulnerable ghost fromPac-Man, whilefor Wii U includes Valkyrie fromThe Legend of Valkyrie, the Runner fromMetro-Cross, and Andor Genesis fromXevious. All of the sprites from bothfor 3DS andfor Wii U appear inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, with the addition ofHeihachi Mishima fromTekken and the Prince of All Cosmos fromKatamari Damacy.

List of Namco Roulette sprites[edit]

Character	Image	Appears in	Sound	Game	Description
Galaxip			(The sound that plays when a Boss Galaxian is struck.)	Galaxian	The player's ship inGalaxian.
			(The sound that plays when a Galaxian is struck.)
TURN-TO-BLUE			"Ghost: Turn to Blue"	Pac-Man	A scared ghost fromPac-Man, seen when Pac-Man eats a Power Pellet. Infor 3DS, it is animated; this is not the case inUltimate.
			"Ghost: Turn to Blue"
King			("Thank you!")	King & Balloon	The focus ofKing & Balloon is to save the King from hostile balloons by shooting them down. When rescued, he says "Thank you!", the same voice clip he uses here. The clip used is the one from the Japanese version of the game regardless of the game's language setting.
My Car			"Special Flag: Get"	Rally-X	The player's car fromRally-X, distinguished by its blue color.
			"My Car: Smokescreen"
Fighter			"Challenging Stage (Start)"	Galaga	The player's ship inGalaga.
			"Zako: Stricken"
Fighter			"Voice: ALERT"	Bosconian	The player's ship inBosconian. InSSB4, a voice clip saying "Alert! Alert!" plays.
			"P-Type Missile Hit"
Pooka			"Monster: Blow"(from the Famicom version of Dig Dug)	Dig Dug	A common enemy fromDig Dug that also shows up in somePac-Man games.
Solvalou			"Blaster: Shoot"	Xevious	The player's ship inXevious.
Andor Genesis			"Andor Genesis: Appearance"	Xevious	An enemy mothership inXevious that acts as a mini-boss.
			"Ground-based Enemy: Stricken"
Mappy			"Target: Get"	Mappy	The eponymous playable character ofMappy, a mouse who works for the Micro-Police.
			"Trampoline: Jump"
Topcup			"Fanfare For Treasure Chest Appearance"	Libble Rabble	Creatures fromLibble Rabble that hide inside treasure chests. When enough are captured, a bonus round begins.
			"Bashishi"
Hypership			"Alien: Bound"	Gaplus	A secret fighter inGaplus that can be obtained through a hidden method. It can fire three shots at once instead of the standard two.
			"Alien: Hit"
Gil			"Treasure Box: Get"	The Tower of Druaga	Prince Gilgamesh, the hero ofThe Tower of Druaga, as he appears in his Hyper Armor.
			"Sword: Drawing"
Clovis			"Entering and Leaving Dungeon"	Dragon Buster	Prince Clovis, the hero ofDragon Buster.
Runner			(The sound that plays when the Runner jumps.)	Metro-Cross	The nameless playable character fromMetro-Cross.
Paccet			("I'm your friend!")	Baraduke	A friendly alien fromBaraduke. When summoned, it says "I'm your friend!"
Red Baron			"Baron, Max: Loop"	Sky Kid	Player 1's character inSky Kid, a bird piloting a red biplane.
Valkyrie			"Prologue"	The Legend of Valkyrie	A heroic shield maiden based on the valkyries of Norse legend. Her sprite is taken fromThe Legend of Valkyrie, the second game in theValkyrie series.
Heihachi Mishima			(A stomping sound.)	Tekken	A major antagonist throughout theTekken games, as well as the series' main mascot. His sprite is taken fromTekken Tag Tournament 2.
Don-Chan			("Don, don, ka!")	Taiko no Tatsujin	An anthropomorphic taiko drum who serves as the mascot of theTaiko no Tatsujin series.
The Prince of All Cosmos			(Sounds that play when selecting menu options in the Katamari games.)	Katamari	The main character of theKatamari series, a diminutive prince who rolls up objects to create stars. His sprite is taken fromMe & My Katamari.

Official sound effects names taken from "Namco Sounds" iTunes releases where applicable. Unofficial descriptions are noted initalics.

Trivia[edit]

• TURN-TO-BLUE, Heihachi Mishima, Pooka, and Gil are the only characters on the roulette to have an appearance inSmash outside of Pac-Man's taunt.
  • TURN-TO-BLUE appears onPac-Maze and as aSpirit; theGhosts also turn to blue when theirAssist Trophy is defeated inUltimate.
  • Pooka appear as enemies inSmash Run.
  • Heihachi Mishima and Gil appear as DLC Mii costumes inSmash 4 andUltimate. Heihachi also appears in the background ofMishima Dojo.
• The King, theBosconian fighter, and the Paccet are accompanied by voice clips (all voiced by Namco employees: Kazunori Sawano,^[1] Hideyuki Nakajima,^[2] and Junko Ozawa,^[3] respectively). Out of these, only theBosconian fighter did not retain the same voice clip inUltimate.
• Valkyrie, Heihachi Mishima, Don-Chan, and The Prince of All Cosmos are the only characters to appear in the roulette accompanied by non-8-bit sound effects.
• Don-Chan is the only character to appear in the roulette that does not have a pixelated appearance.
• Katamari Damacy Reroll—a remake ofKatamari Damacy, in which the Prince of All Cosmos debuted—released on the Nintendo Switch the same day asSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate: December 7th, 2018.
• Namco Roulette is the first taunt in the series to have an official name. It would later be followed by Demon's Wrath,Kazuya Mishima's side taunt.
• InSmash 4, when the mirrored Pac-Man inWii Fit Studio performs the Namco Roulette animation, no sprites will appear at all. This creates a visual oddity where the sprites do not have a reflection.
  • This is due to the mirror actually being the entire stage flipped on the Z-axis, likely causing issues with the two player-controlled Pac-Man characters randomly generating different sprites and ruining the illusion.

References[edit]

• Taunts
• Pac-Man
• Pac-Man (SSB4)
• Pac-Man (SSBU)
• Bandai Namco
• Pac-Man universe
• Galaxian universe
• Dig Dug universe
• Xevious universe
• Tekken universe
• Character-specific terminology